Moniker to consolidate management of its registrars to Moniker's system. [Update: See comment from Monte Cahn regarding further consolidation of 105 SnapNames registrars.] Have you ever won a domain at Snapnames and found the winning registrar -- such ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Ng Steps Down, Kupietzky Promoted to President of Oversee.net
· ServicesKupietzky promoted, Ng to leave CEO position and become Chairman of Board. Jeff KupietzkyDomain Name Wire has learned that later today Oversee.net will announce that Jeff Kupietzky has been named President of the company. Oversee.net is parent company ... Continue Reading26 Comments
Overseeing the Domain Name World
· UncategorizedA visit with domain giant Oversee.net in its L.A. headquarters shows how the domain world is growing up. View from Oversee.net's lobby.When you get off the elevator at floor 44 of 515 S. Flower St, you see sweeping views of Los Angeles, trendy ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Moniker Should Use Marketplace Pro Instead of SnapNames
· Domain SalesSilent auctions make more sense on Moniker's legacy platform. In late 2006 Moniker launched "Marketplace Pro", the domain registrar's answer to domain aftermarket sites. It used Marketplace Pro for its silent auctions as well. The platform wasn't ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Domain Companies Need to Increase “Switching Costs”
· ServicesThe road to profits lies in an integrated approach to domain management. In the domain business there are low "switching costs". A switching cost is the time and money you incur to change service providers. Consider domain parking, where you can ... Continue Reading4 Comments
SnapNames Down Again
· Expired DomainsExpired domain and domain auction platform hit by outage. Domain name auction site SnapNames is unavailable again, marking at least the 4th major outage this summer. A notice on the company's web site for at least the past hour reads "The SnapNames ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Moniker SES: Steals of the Year
· Domain SalesIf you didn't bid in Moniker's SES auction, you missed out on some great deals. If you haven't already heard, Moniker's live auction at Search Engine Strategies in San Jose was a flop. It's just further proof that selling domains to non-domainers ... Continue Reading25 Comments
Analysis: Oversee.net Cutbacks a Sign of the Times
· ServicesOversee cuts 10%; domain companies need to tighten the ship. It's never fun when companies lay off staff. The first company I worked for out of college called a Saturday meeting to lay off 33% of the company. Worse, I was on the finance team that had ... Continue Reading5 Comments
SnapNames Outage Continues
· Expired DomainsService has been down since Saturday evening. Regular users of the SnapNames expired domain marketplace are experiencing their third outage of the past several weeks. The company says it will not return online until tomorrow. The company cites a ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Moniker Sends Silent Auctions to SnapNames
· Domain SalesMove will increase audience for silent auction domains. Moniker announced that it will now use the SnapNames platform for auctioning domains in its silent auctions. Previously, silent auctions were held on Moniker's online platform which required a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
